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Open Letter to the Afghan Taliban


Dear Taliban:
A lot has changed in the three years that have passed since you published an Open Letter to the American People (on February 14, 2018) and I responded with my own to you (in the New Yorker, February 27, 2018). Two years almost to the day after my letter, on February 29, 2020, the U.S. and Taliban signed an “Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan.” On the same day, the U.S. signed a joint declaration with the Afghan government pledging its commitment to peace and stability. Talks between the Taliban and other Afghans, including the government, were to start ten days later, but delays in implementing the release of prisoners held by the Afghan government pushed back the timetable, and the talks started only on September 12, 2020, six months later than planned. ....

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